Feed-bag.



A. A. SIMON.

FEED BAG. APPIIIIOATION FILED my a, 1011.

1,001,465, Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

' q'vitwe ooeo v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. A. srmon, ornnw Yonx, N. Y;

risen-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. P'a-te nt l Aug; 1911.

Application filed Kay 9, 1911. Serial No. 625,991.

['0 all whom it may concern:

' -Be it known that I, ABRAHAM A. SIMON, a object of the Czar of Russia, residing at low York, in-the county of New York and itate of New York, have invented new and lseful Im rovements in Feed- Bags, of which the ollowing is a Specification.

This invention relatesto feed bags and it [as forits ob'ec't means adapted to be atacbed to the ead of a horse to support a mag and capable of adjusting the bag so that he feed will be always within reach of the mouth of the horse as more fully described :1 the following specification, set forth in he claims and illustrated in the drawings, rherein,-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of a air of a series of springs fitted to the .orses head so as to elevate the bag and ring the feed within range of his mouth. 2 is a front view of the series of springs. ig. 3 shows-the device secured to a horses ead. Fig. 4 shows a key with which the deice is operated. r

The invention consists of a housing 5 lad; of sheet metal or other suitable maaria orse s head as shown in Fig. 2 and being onnected b a strap 6 which passes over the orses hea and each end being attached to Lie frame itself. I

Depending from each frame 5 is a rod 7 swing at its lower end a head 8, the rod ex- :nding down into the feed bag and the head eating upon the grain or other feed in the mg 50 that whatever strain is put u on the mg to lift it upward, resistance is o ered by 1e head 8 which presses againstthe grain [1 its upper surface and retains the bag at a artain point. The rod 7 must consequently a of such length as to cause the head 8 to a on line with the animal thereby retaining is upper surface of the grain supply at a oint accessible to the mouth of the animal.

The bag is supported by means of a strap 1' cord 9 which is secured to the outer end 3 of an elbow lever 1 1. These levers are 7 rranged in series supporting each other id each lever is pivoted on a spindle 12 lrrounded by a spring 13 whose tendency is I cause the arm to move upward 1nto a one being attached to each side of the vertical position and the arm 14: of the lever i to swim to a horizontal sition when it will strike the hook 15 'o a slide 16 and force it downward. This slide 16 also has a hook 17 which engages the lower end of the arm 10 of the up er levers and when this hook is disengage by the downward movement of the slide, the upper lever is freed, allowing the lever to make a half revolution on its pivot and release the lever above. It will thus be seen that all these levers are identical and that each slide 16 is held upward by a spring 18 so that the book 17 Wlll perform its function. Each lever. is pivoted in an angular lift the bag upward-so as to bring the grain within ran e of the mouth of the horse.

. It 1s 0bV10l1S that the parts may be otherwise arranged and modified without depart bracket 19 pivoted to the upper lever by ing from the essential features abovede scribed.

When it is desired to place the springs in a position to raise the bag, the key shown in Fig. 4 is used to turn the elbow levers 11 down. L

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. v In a feed bag carrier, the combination with frames carrying-headed rods, a'feed bag to contain the rods anda series of levers in each frame provided with springs to raise the bag as the feed is consumed.

2. In a feed bag, the combination with a bag, of frames carried by the animal. and

having rods with beads to press upon the grain in'the bag, a series of elbow levers 1 rarrieu by the frames and supporting the bag, and springs adapted to rotate the levers so as to elevate the ba 3. In a feed bag, the combination with frames carried by the animal and having depending rods, of a feed bag, of elbow levers pivoted to each other, and springs on the pivots of the levers to swing the levers.

4.111 :i feed hngihe. c0; NVith a I and are-spring on thepivot of each lever bag, of frames earned by f nnal, de-.. throw it around. pending rods from t1 e framesand' adap't- "In testimony WhereOf-I afiix my signatu ed to enter the bag, a series of elbow levers, in presence of two witnesses. 1 5 one of which supports the bag, a; hook en- ABRAHAM A. SIMON.

gaging each adjacent elbow lever and adapt- I Witnesses:

" ed to be disengaged by the 1owest-1ever,-a I THARLns LA RUE, slide carrying the hook and having a spring, TM-113's 'F. DUHAMEL. 

